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Description : Details: This lot consists of the antique engravings shown in the corresponding images. These engravings are taken from Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique (first published in 1816) by Alexander von Humboldt. The first, Fragment d'un manuscrit hieroglyphique conserve a la bibliotheque royale de Dresde, is hand-colored. The second, Ruines de Miguitland ou Mitla, dans la province d'Oaxaca, features a man, perhaps an archaeologist, hanging a plumb line from the top of the ruins. The artist is credited as Louis Martin and the engraver as Bouquet. These engravings are from the holdings of Archaeologia Books and Prints. Established in 1983, Archaeologia was known for providing scholarly books of quality on the archaeology of Ancient Egypt, the Near East, Greece & Rome, and the Pre-Columbian Americas. Several sessions from this fine inventory will be offered over the coming months. To inspect and acquire more detailed information about this lot, please attend our live preview before the auction. Condition / Notes: These pieces, each measuring approximately 21 3/4 x 15 3/4, may display some age/wear indications, including light toning concentrated at the extremities and minor chipping at the edge where it was excised from the book. For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $9.50
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